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, twins alexis and noah beery are typical energetic and athletic 13-year-olds but their lives have not always been this way. the 8th grader recall a day when the most basic activity was a struggle. >> before we would wobble, and we wouldn't be able to talk. we would just we couldn't do anything. we couldn't learn. >> i'd see other kids doing all is stuff doing sports and climbing and sliding down slides. you know, that was pretty much my biggest dream. >> shortly after birth, twins alexis and for what cried incessantly. doctors called it colic and retta beery sensed something else was off. >> when they were 9 months old we knew that something was wrong with their development. they were so floppy when they were 9 months old. when you would hold them they would flop back they had no muscle tone whatsoever. >> inthe months and years that followed alexis and noah's condition deteriorated. the beery family went from one medical specialist to another. but none could offer a definitive diagnosis for their twins. >> not knowing what is going on, having the doctors grab us and putting needl

, is he in here? then he ran out. >> reporter: 8-year-old alexis was in her third grade classroom at the time. >> you hear an ambulance and police officer come and everybody was a little scared, crying. i felt actually a little sick. and i thought i was going to throw up. >> reporter: were kids crying and screaming? >> yeah, kids were crying. not screaming. they were all huddling together. and they got -- they felt so sick. >> reporter: teachers led the students single file from the schoolhouse to a nearby fire station. >> we got in a line. we had to close our eyes. and we all put our hands on other people's shoulders. and then our teacher held the first person's hand and she led us out. >> reporter: parents were alerted by text message in a frantic parade of them arrived at the fire station hoping to find their children alive. >> heartbreaking. it's heartbreaking. i mean, i don't -- when i heard, i -- i started crying. >> reporter: alexis' parents were among the lucky. her mom said when she arrived at the firehouse, alexis was already with her father. >> he had her in his arms. a

reduction. >> heather: alexis is the executive director of the american values institute and ford owe continental is chairman of civic forum pac. thank you both for joining us. >> thank you for having us. >> heather: the pledge to work on a new bill is by no means a solution to the sweeping set of tax hikes set to hit january 1 followed by steep spending cuts. lawmakers still have to write the bill. they have opera's something that can pass both chambers. will they get it done. ford? >> i think they can get it done. the question is whether or not house republicans will be able to really push senate democrats in the right direction with respect to tax. president obama has shown no leadership on this. what they really need to do is minimize the damage from what president obama is trying to push for the higher tax cuts because they're going to need public opinion on their side in the new year to really make entitlement reform because at the end of the day, we're ohm talk being tax. we know $16 trillion in debt. the real problem right now is entitlement spending because at 62 to 65% of th

their children. this is 8-year-old alexis wasik and her mother. >> you were in there? what happened? >> we heard like an ambulance and a police officer come and everybody was a little scared, crying and i felt actually a little sick. thought i was going to throw up. >> were kids crying and screaming? >> yes. kids were crying, not really screaming, but they were all huddling together and felt so sick. >> reporter: her mom said when she arrived at the firehouse, alexis was with her father. >> he had her in his arms and were crying and she just goes, momma, i'm okay, i'm here. >> reporter: another mom whose kids go to a nearby school told us she was putting off picking them up because she didn't want to tell them about the horror here. >> this is the last few hours of their life that they're going to be a kid. >> reporter: we don't know much about the victims yet. there are the reports about the principal, dawn hochsprung, being among those who were shot. >> you can tell she loved her job, she loved the kids. sandy hook was a safe school. >> just monday she tweeted this upbeat message about kinderg

. and everywhere. >> reporter: paula faris, abc news, new york. >> let's get it out now to alexis arnold, a reporter at our abc affiliate in rochester, new york. alexis, we were so struck by the emotion in the voices of the people holding the news conferences today. when they talk about the people who died today, they're talking about their friends, aren't they? >> reporter: well, that's right. and here you have a situation, they're going to work. they're going to do their jobs. fight a fire. and on christmas eve, they get shot, just simply doing their jobs. many of the law enforcement officials we spoke to today, they worked with a lot of these men who are being considered heroes. >> every time we cover a shooting and we cover way too many shooting incidents, you hear the same thing. people saying, i never thought it would happen here. but in tiny webster, new york, on christmas eve, that has most definitely got to be the case. so, what are you hearing from the people who live there? >> reporter: the neighborhood this took place in is a very nice, safe, quiet neighborhood. so, very shoc

are welcome. >> i want to bring in 18-year-old alexis. she was in the mall getting her hair done and heard the sounds of gun fire. she's on the phone with us, as well, tonight. i don't know if you were able to hear taylor's version of what she saw and witnessed, give us your perspective on what happened when you heard those gunshots. >> yes, hi there. i did hear her story. my story is a little different. i was actually downstairs, a little ways away from where he shooting was. i had just got my hair done and the girl was blow drying my hair when all of a sufden over the blow drier we could hear this loud noise that sounded like the roof was falling in or metal clashing. at first we weren't sure what it was and we turned off the blow dryer and we were like what is that noise and the girl doing my hair said, is that a gun? i think that's a gun. it sounds like a gun and the receptionists looked in to the mall and saw multiple people running and scattering away and running outside and she was like oh, my god, it's a gun. so we all ran outside through the back of the hair salon n to the back of

is going on, joining me is alexis who is in third grade and you saw a lot of what was going on? >> well, we found all of these people and there was like right near the window in our classroom and we saw a police officers and we heard them on the roof and in our building. >> was everybody crying, scared, wanting their parents to come get them? >> yeah, they were. and then some people were even like, they kind of got a stomach ache. >> did you hear any gunshots or anything like that? >> well, police officers, like they were kind of because they are police officers right out the door like trying to find the guy. >> are you okay right now? >> yeah. >> are you sure? >> uh-huh. >> how excited were you to see dad? >> excited. >> dad, you look worse than her, i've got to tell you. >> yeah. shocking. i got the call at work this morning and i can't believe a small town like this would ever have anything like this happen and to be in an elementary school, it's unheard of. >> k through 4. >> yes. >> and you say there are 600 kids in there? >> yes. roughly around 600. >> what was going through your mind

. this the is 8-year-old alexis and her mother. were you in there alexis. what happened? >> fog really much. you hear like an ambulance and police officer come and everybody was a little scared. crying. i felt actually a little sick and i thought i was going to throw up. >>reporter: kid crying and scream. >> crying. they were all hugging together and they were so sick. >>reporter: another mom whose kids go to nearby school told us she was putting off picking them up because she simply did at the time want to tell them about the horror here. >> the last 2 hours of their life they will be a kid. >>reporter: we don't know much about the victims yet. there are those reports about the principal don being among those with were shot. >> you can tell she loved her job. she loved the kids. sandy link was a safe school. >>reporter: only 3 victims were brought to the local hospital. 2 of them died. >> number of us imagine what it must have felt like on 9/11 with people bracing for scores of injured and didn't arrive. e-all day here the sad sight of ambulances driving slowly. lights not flas

was also unharmed. also joining us joe and lynn wassick as well as their daughter alexis who was in the 3rd grade at sandy hook. two days later, robert, how is your family doing? >> you know, we are taking it day by day and minute by minute. it's what both our son and our daughter saw is incomprehensible. we're trying to make sense of a senseless act. we speak to him. we make sure we understand what he is feeling. we try to explain things that can't be explained. and we take stock in our faith and in our community, our neighbors and our friends who have been just tremendous. >> lynn and joe. and little alexis, i see there in front of you. does alexis want to talk about it and if so what are you telling her? >> as far as talking, we haven't -- we're breaking it to her slowly. we're not trying to pry too much if she is forth coming in telling us stuff, we're allowing it, you know, we're letting her come out slowly. we're not prying into her, you know, what happened. we don't want to do that. >> robert, your son, aden, is in the first grade. and i understand that the gunman burst into his clas

court. and she earns the cheers from the crowd. but guard alexis thompson can't hear them. let's take you to santa clara. to most in attendance a mission college basketball game sounds like this. [ noise ] >> reporter: for saints first year guard alexis, the game sounds like this. [ silence ] >> reporter: alexis has been deaf since she was two months old. >> yes, i do feel like it is a challenge. definitely sometimes. especially with coach sometimes you know and the team. you definitely have to work hard at it and try to get involved. >> reporter: the vallejo native has been involved in basketball since age 9. always nearby is jessica wang, mission college's sign language interpreter who declined to be interviewed for this story preferring that her animated signing style do the talking. >> you got two choices. you get together and start playing hard or we're going to be sitting. fair enough? one, two, three! >> mission! >> reporter: the two are together at time-outs, halftime speeches, there she is in the background. a value asset for alexsis and the coach -- well, most times. >> som

and lynn and their daughter alexis, in the third grade at sandy hook. two days later, robert, how is your family doing? >> you know, we are taking it day by day, minute by minute. it is -- what both our son and our daughter saw is incomprehensible. we are trying to make sense of a senseless act. we speak to him, we make sure we understand what he is feeling. we try to explain things that can't be explained. and, we take stock in our faith and in our community, our neighbors and our friends, who have been just tremendous. >> chris: lynn and joe, and, little alexis, i see in front of you, does she want to talk about it? and if so, what are you telling her? >> it -- as far as talking, we are breaking it to her slowly, we're not trying to pry too much. if she is forthcoming and telling us stuff, we're allowing it -- you know, letting her come out slowly. we're not prying into her, you know, what happened. we don't want to do that. >> chris: robert, your son, aden, is in the first grade and i understand the gunman burst into his classroom and was confronted and shot his very brave teacher, we'

adults. alexis says she was in a classroom when police burst in and told everyone to hide in a corner. now what happened with her daughter and good evening to you. wow. what a day this must be. >> unbelievable day. she's holding up and she's been a trooper. we're doing a lot of talking and a lot of communicating and a lot of extra hugs and kiss. >> bill: how do you communicate with her now, lynn? what are you talking about? >> we're honest with her and she didn't know that the principal had been killed and so she had heard that on the news. i sat down next to her and explained to her what had happened and the man that did all of this is no longer here. we talked a lot about feelings and talked a lot about how are you doing and is there anything you would like or what do you want to talk about, or -- just in general, just how are you as a person? she's eight. she's not two. so there is, unfortunately, you can't hide things from children at this age. so we're just in constant communication with her to kind of check in and say, are you doing okay? or what are you thinking about? are you

and it was alexis telling me what he wanted to do and help me do, and i'm going, oh, my god. >> he had seen the picture we had put up in march of dad holding his gold record over his face with what had been going up throughout his career and overnight that picture went viral, it was shared like 30,000 times on facebook, liked 100,000 times ezy, yoko ono, alice cooper, countless artists posted on their personal website to raise awareness and alexis saw it on readit, because it became the top number one page and says oh my god, this is perfect. this is what some people are trying to do to show it's not us ruining the older musician's career. it's the fact they weren't taken care of from the beginning. >> i think we should remind or tell people that alexis o'haney, is that correct. >> yes. >> is the co-founder of readit, so he is the one who made that call that really in many ways has saved you. so tell us how that -- >> totally. >> -- fund-raising campaign is working? >> right now it's working beautifully and we have reached our goal as far as enough to record the first cd and we hope to just

cliff. alexis christoforous, "cbs news," new york. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," an update on your last-minute holiday travel and we'll get a live report from dallas-ft. worth airport. >>> plus, the nra is speaking out in the debate over the gun control. we'll hear from someone from nra >>> and from ""zero dark thirty"" to "lincoln, we'll look back at the best films of 2012. that's your "cbs morning news" on this monday. thanks for watching. i'm duarte geraldino, have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com december 24. i'm frank mallicoat. >>> you're watching cbs 5 eyewitness news this morning. >>> hi, everyone, and good morning. >>> here's a check of your forecast. >> things beginning to settle down a little bit. not done with the showers yet. the rainfall will be on and off. hoping for a little more sun toward the afternoon and some drier weather on the way. >> and all that rain yesterday packed a punch on the roadways. we had a lot of flooding reports and some roads still shut down. closed by valley ford road. we also have a closure until about 5:00 this morn

. first stop, twins chloe and alexis who rocked out to dad's guitar. >> you guys ready? ♪ ♪ >> chloe and alexis are here with us again and their parents, john and ashley. good morning, everybody. i don't know if they're going to be in the mood to dance. we never learn our lesson. we will try it again at some point. first, since when talked in august, your video went from 1 million hits to 14 million hits. what's it like to have these famous babies? >> pretty amazing. you really don't think something like that will go worldwide. >> i look at alexis here, she hears her father and starting to dance a little bit. have the babies changed at all? exhibiting any diva-like behavior? >> they dance all the time, i mean, just watching tv as the song comes on tv, they just start rocking out. yeah. >> one of the things that's so cute and people just love, the way they look at each other right before they start dancing. do they still have that bond or still seem that close? >> yeah. absolutely. it's not as common for them to give that look. it's really random when they do that now, but they've sti

moneywatch reporter alexis christoforous shows us the recently jobless couple now the country's newest millionaires. [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: the country's newest megamillionaires stepped into the spotlight. >> the hill family, come on up. >> reporter: cindy and mark hill of dearborn, missouri, bought one of the two winning tickets for the $588 million powerball. >> i was thinking, is that the right numbers? is that the right numbers? and i was shaking. and i called my husband, and i said, i think i'm having a heart attack. >> reporter: it's a giant reversal of fortune for the hills. high school sweethearts who not long ago were both out of work. they will share the jackpot with a lucky winner who bought a ticket thank you 4 sons food store in arizona. >> we were obviously dreaming that somebody from this store would have won. >> reporter: that winner hasn't come forward but surveillance video from a maryland gas station shows a man who may be holding the lucky ticket. he shows it to the clerk, then rushes from the store. back in missouri, mark hill says the reality hasn't

sweat and going and the opposite direction. >> we are fortunate that this-volkswagen and alexis are not life-threatening injuries. we have not had a fatality since 2001. >> this should be completed by 2014. a spokesperson a sign that this could caus still that there could--still be smaller accident but pro avoid-smalle avoided head- on collisions. and hopefully avoid fatalities. scott rates, kron 4 news. >>jacqueline: downtown san francisco, 1 in. in the last 24 hours. and livermore, san jose less reported. as we take a look of the satellite and radar. we will see drier conditions over the next several days but we will have to contend with fog. areas of dense fog and afternoon clearing the dry, warmer weather as we go for the weekend for i >> and a arrest is made in connection to the horrific crime and date oncoming subway train. and a major sewage spill. >> before you do any holiday shopping pay pal.. is going to great links. is pretty surprising, coming up and might have gabe slate tech report and residents in the north bay dealing with the aftermath of a major sewage spill cl

with a young student. >> everyone needs to read that letter. it is shocking. >> alexis, are you here? you want to come up here? come on. don't be shy, nobody's going to bite. >> let's give her some encouragement here. we've heard from adults all day long, we want to hear from somebody who is -- come over here, young lady. my name is cheryl, thank you for being here. we have some great guests who care about you, everybody in this room cares about you. you have been through some training. you have a question for our guests? >> no, but i want to thank you for doing this. thank you. without this we'd be back at scare one. >> thank you. >> have you seen bullying at your school? can you tell us a little about that? >> i don't have bullying like at the movie but it's kind of like, oh, she wore this, so. >> did somebody in your school do something about it? >> not really. the teachers don't see it. >> nobody wants to say anything to the teachers so they don't think this is a big deal. >> yeah. >> you've been through training to stop bullying so what does that mean? >> we'll try to stop it

they suggested a naked island you said how about ascatraz. >> yes. >> you know that was a 2011 storm with alexis texas. the plot of the movie is she was sennence ited to ascatraz because her ass has caused the u.s. so much harm. >> i think they miss typed the last word. she has lost a lot of weight. >> i have no idea who she is. lori you said you can't gender target market -- gender market target. what does that mean? >> you can't advertise toys targeted for young children to a specific gender because they are so and maliable. >> you say you can do that? >> you should not market to genders. >> so hasbro is wrong? >> the easy bake oven is a classic. if it ain't broke don't fix it. >> i think they are stupid to market. why shrink your customers by 50%? >> that's an easy no brainer kind of thing to say. >> that's what i specialize in. >> oh boy. it doesn't matter who you advertise to. children of a certain age will graph tate toward what they are interested in. >> the funny thing is -- >> although maybe the parents are susceptible. maybe change the marketing and focus on the parents. it is the pare

and businesses from this looming tax hike. jon: joining us now to talk about all this, alexis mcgill johnson, executive director of american values institute, and ron bonjean a guy who knows how things get handled in the house of representatives. he was former communications director to house speaker hastert. the house, ron, is saying look we sent spending bills over to the senate and they have languished. so it is their turn. is that a workable strategy? i mean are americans going to say okay, the house has done its job? >> well, here, if we don't get a deal, even a small deal i think that americans will blame washington in general. you know the president tried to blame republicans in over the weekend, you know, on a sunday talk show and i don't think that's the way voters see it. i think they will say, you know what? democrats, republicans you're not getting anything done. we elected, we reelected president obama because he wanted him to go on a path forward but it's not happening. you, and i think if the markets crash, it will scare a lot of people and i think and taxes will go up. i thin

. >> david's five-year-old daughter alexis went to preschool at the sandy hook elementary. >> i am afraid to even look at it to recognize and see the names of my little ones playmates. >> he sent his daughter to a different elementary school a stroke of fate on a day when parents look for answers where there are none. >> heart wrenching right now. it's not easy to swallow what's going on in my backyard. >> young law new town, connecticut. >>> as this tragedy unfolds stay with abc 7 news for continuing coverage. you can receive urgent updates on your smart phone by downloading our free abc 7 and options for our push notifications. >>> let's turn now to our weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. >> hi carolyn. good morning everyone. yesterday's light rain from a tenth to two tenths of an inch. it was cold. warmest spots along the coast 2k50egs. it is 49 we have cloudy skies with a few light showers in the north bay. temperatures are much warmer this morning due to the clouds cover low level moisture. so numbers ranging from the low 40s to about 50 this afternoon. more showers around. bu

spending a fortune. for breakfast, locals swear by "abc" -- alexis baking company. the café lattes are phenomenal, and they come in this huge bowl with foam on top, and it's just delicious. i love abc actually, i come here for coffee every morning and for breakfast for sure on the weekends. breakfast at abc will set you back around six to eleven dollars. on the day we're visiting, they're serving egg sandwiches on fresh baked potato buns, oatmeal topped with brown sugar and fresh fruit, and huevos rancheros, among other things. the huevos rancheros are the best anywhere in the world. folks tell us the bakery's worth a look, too. i've gained many pounds coming in here. the baked goods are phenomenal. on the famed silverado trail winding through wine country, you'll find the hot local lunch spot -- "soda canyon store." i'm having the tuna fish on focaccia and it's my favorite lunch. i begged my parents to stop here because i love the sandwhiches and it's better than my mom's sandwiches which i usually eat, so. besides beating out mom's sandwiches, soda canyon store serves up mexican

when he collided with the alexis. he lived and three of the four victims' not living. it collided with the-lexus. >> to not stop in the center divide. if possible, exit the freeway, completely. a investigators collected evidence mapping out the crime scene at one. traffic was backed up nearly 10 mi.. in san mateo county, kron 4 news. >> the great mall in milpitas was closed for most of the afternoon today because of the mabomb threat at kohl's jeff bush explained explains what police are looking for. >> it is been tense at this mall in milpitas it started at 2:30 this employee who found a note in the men's room. it was a bomb threat. the police, the fire department, paramedics for also called in first responders to the scene. this department store is where this focused. the store was evacuate it and the bomb squad were called and the k-9 unit. the swat team rolled in with their portable robot that also looked for devices but so far, nothing has been found. the store will remain closed until the police are sure that the all clear can be given. in milpitas, kron 4. >>pam: ahead at e

and so many others do not. and i spoke with a woman earlier today, she has a daughter named alexis. she was a third grader here, she's okay, too. she said throughout the day, they've been talking, she's been asking her questions. then finally her daughter, from the third grade, age eight, said, mom, are you going to be okay? your point is well taken about how they absorb this and how they try and interpret it and understand it. and they, just like it whole town, are now left to live with this for the rest of their lives, bill. >> bill: the only advice i could give to anybody threw is be strong. parents have to be strong for their children and they have to be very well aware that this thing is going to go on for a long, long time. all right. good job. thank you very much. as always, we really appreciate it. bill will be on throughout the evening. factor factor tip of the day. some advice to avoid being conned this christmas. we'll have that for you in 60 seconds >>> the tip of the day, don't be conned. we have some good nuse, thank god. best christmas promotion for the weekend and monday

: well, listen, thank you. this is a fascinating books. alexis totino, the toes he says he don't know about it. >> guest: thank you very much. the fact that was, but tv signature programs in which authors are interviewed by policymakers, legislators and others familiar with their material. "after words" errors at 10:00 p.m. on saturday, 12:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on monday. you can also watch "after words" online. go to booktv.org and click on the booktv series and topics list on the upper right side of the page. >> historian harlow giles unger recounts the life of the six president, john quincy adams who died in 1840. quincy adams, second president had a long career, which aside from his presidency 10 years as secretary of state, senator, congressman administered six countries. this is a little under an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much. i will start with a fairly simple question. was very moment when he said to yourself i need to write a biography of john quincy adams? >> yes, indeed there was. it took place a couple years ago when i ran out of ideas for any more books on the fo

word for it. take the word of alexis. he wrote democracy in america two generations after the american founding. two generations after madison identified tyranny of the majority as the distinctively worst political outcome that democracy could produce. he had a different answer than madison did to the question of what kind of despotism democratic nations have to fear. his warning is justly famous and more pertinent now than ever. this despotism that worried him would be milder than traditional despotism would degrade men without tormenting them. it is absolute, detailed, regular, far seen and mild. it would resemble paternal power if like tatted for its object to prepare men for manhood, button contrary it seeks only to keep them fixed irrevocably in childhood. it rarely works for their happiness but wants to be the sole ash or the for their happiness. it provides for their security, foresees and secures their needs, facilitates their pleasures, conducts their principle affairs, directs their industry, regulates their estates, divides their inheritances, can it not take away from them

them out. bill: that was part of what we were picking up last pour. alexis winterhower is only 18 years old. she has gone to the mall many times. interest is great to see you, i'm sure your parents feel the same way. take us inside the mall at that moment. where were you and what do you remember? >> good morning. i was downstairs towards the end of the mall in a mayor salon getting my hair done. shaoef was in thshe was in the middle of blow drying my hair and we heard a very loud noise, sounded like the roof was falling through or something large was falling over and metal was khrat terg. i clattering. she turned off the blow drier and said, it sounded like a gun is that a gun? we saw people scattering all around, that's when we realized we had to get out. we didn't know where the shooter was, if there were multiple of them. we got out as fast as we could, we went to the parking lot and hid behind a dumpster. bill: it is a remarkable story of survival. my apologies, here is the house speaker john boehner on another big story today. >> the longer the white house slow walks this discussio

of the school year issue was so kind. >> the daughter, alexis would to preschool at the sandy hook elementary. >> it is difficult to recognize the names and comprehend. >> this is a they were parents look for answers. >> it is heart wrenching. this is happening right in my backyard. >> let us take a look if the weather is difficult to see because of that dense fog. robin, that fog will last. however, it will be on the cool side today we will be dry for most of the sunday with a storm on the way that will arrive late. possibly 1 in. rainfall not a lot of more wet weather on the way. it could linger so give yourself some extra time. tomorrow however, today it shalshould look pretty decent. there is more wet weather on the way. here is a look at the satellite and radar. the cool front over northern california premiere rain and snowfall. this is what your sunday morning will look like with a lot of fog coverage. this is left over from the storm yesterday with pop up showers possibly this afternoon. when that second storm moves in. by midnight, we will see light /moderate rainfall in the northern

and there's dave baker's and sherman alexy and jonathan laid some in stephen king and me and we are hearing roads. [applause] deweese and now you will learn. [laughter] is easier than that. just write. this document at the beginning doesn't have to be very good. the trick is to keep writing. i got to teach a clear and reselling. four years ago i taught a clarion which is a fight we can't come six-week long science-fiction boot camp and teachers comment into a week. i did weeks work out which i was told when everyone cries and has service break downs, indeed they do, which was great. at one point, one of my guys took me aside and said how can you tell which of us is going to make it? and i said no. he said that some of us are brilliant and some of us aren't. and can't you tell? is that the ones who make it will be the ones who write and write and write in some of the ones who are brilliant they have written brilliant stories and never write again. but the ones who get in there and write every day and finish stories ebony finish stories and write the next time, they will make it. and i saw hi

in the mall. alexis, a terrifying day yesterday. how are you doing? >> hi, there. still recovering this morning. still a little shaken up and can't believe this actually happened. in the community i've grown up my whole life and the mall i've been to hundreds of times with my friends and family. >> i bet. why don't you start by walking me through where you were, and what you heard when you first realized that something was going very, very wrong. >> yes, i was down stairs, more toward the end of the mall. the shooting happened in the center of the mall upstairs. the girl was blow drying my hair and we hard a very loud noise like the ceiling was falling through or metal clashing. and gunfire going on long enough. we had time to stop and say, what is this noise? and we realized, oh, my gosh. that's a gun. it sounds like a machine gun. and the receptionist at the hair salon looked out into the mall and saw people scattering and running everywhere, and we realized at that point we needed to get out of there, we weren't sure where gunfire was coming from, if it was near to us. we ran ou

. >> alexis, you told me you were sitting in class this morning, and you saw a lot of police. tell me how you found out what was going on. >> well, we found, like, there was all these people, and we found because it was right near the window in our classroom, and, like, we saw, like, police officers and we heard them on the roof and in our building. >> was everybody crying, scared, wanting their parents to come get them? >> yeah. they were. and then some people were even, like, they kind of felt they got a stomach ache. >> did you hear any gunshots or anything like that? >> well, the police officers, like, they were -- they were kind of, because they were police officers, like right out the door trying to find the guy. >> what a horrific scene indeed, just to recap. the shooter in this case, the suspected gunman identified now as ryan lanza. in his 20s. that according to a law enforcement source who told that to cnn, the shooter died at the scene. we don't know the circumstances on how he died. we're working those details as well. we do know that the president of the united states, president

of securing natural rights. do not take my word for it. take the word of alexis de tocqueville. two generations after the american founders, two generations after madison identified tyranny of the majority as a distinctive worse outcome that democracy could produce. alexis de tocqueville had a different outcome. his warning is famous, and more pertinent now than ever. this despotism that worried him , would, he said, be milder than traditional despotisms. but, " the modern despotism would degrade man without tormenting him. it is absolute, details, regular, farseeing. it would resemble paternal power if, like that, it prepares men for manhood. on the contrary, it seeks only to keep them fixed irrevocably in childhood. it willingly works for their happiness. it wants to be the unique agent and sole arbiter of this happiness. it provides for their security, it sees and secures their needs , the silicates their pleasures , conducts their principal affairs, direct their industries, regulates their estates, divides their inheritances. can it not take away from them entirely the trouble o

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, but what the white house said were going to shut down. alexis, no menace. anyone who works at this will be fired if they work with woodward. but what she do? >> probably do another book like john belushi or something like that. i don't know. look, there is a sense of every white house, whether they're misguided or not or on the right track that they are doing good job, that they're sincere in their job is to listen. our key is to take them as seriously as they take themselves when i set bush obama long memo saying this is what i've got to talk about. they look and say my god, somebody has worked a year on how i am doing my job. of course i'm going to respond. >> that is an unusual technique. he wrote hundreds of questions for bush. but e.g. send president obama before you talk to him? >> about a single space doesn't teach them the same be the key points and this is what i understand have been. much of it was new. i think somebody's going to look at that. if it george bush the 21 page memo on one of the books and colleagues at the post said you finally have lost your mind. >

for the kochs. alexis says right to mean has you have no rights at work. tweeting @bp show. find us there on twitter. >> the idea is these guys can work at the same plant get the same privileges, saul of the same benefits. right? and not have to pay anything at all in terms of dues. it's just disgusting. basically encourages people to be freeloaders. why pay the dues if you get everything for free? right? >> yeah. >> ridiculous. the whole purpose of this, whole purpose of this is political. it is to undercut any support that democratic politicians may receive from labor unions. of course republicans can continue under citizens united to take unlimited funds from corporations. >> that's okay. but any support from labor unions for democratic candidates is not okay. talk more about that. but bringing you up to date if you are just joining us, very very important decision by the supreme court on friday to accept not just one but two cases related to marriage equality. one case is a case to -- on the constitutionality of the defense of marriage act signed by

was actually inside of the school when that shooting started. >> alexis, you told me you were sitting in class this morning and saw a lot of miss. tell me how you found out what was going on? >> well, we found there was all these people, and we found out we were right near the window in our classroom. we saw like police officers and we heard them on the roof and in our building. >> reporter: was everybody crying, scared, wanting their parents to come get them? >> yeah, they were. and then some people were even like -- they kind of got a stomachache. >> reporter: did you hear any gunshots or anything like that? >> police officers, they were there kind of, because there were police officers right out the door trying to find the guy. >> joining us by phone is security expert retired nassau county, new york police officer lou palumbo. we were speaking earlier today about how the whole morning unfolded and worst nightmares coming true here when you listen to the suspected number of fatalities, at least 20 killed, of those 10 children. how does this even compare, i he mean, to what we've experienced

the limited purpose of securing natural rights. do not take my word for it. take the word of alexis. he wrote democracy in america two generations after the american founding. two generations after madison identified tyranny of the majority as the distinctively worst political outcome that democracy could produce. he had a different answer than madison did to the question of what kind of despotism democratic nations have to fear. his warning is justly famous and more pertinent now than ever. this despotism that worried him would be milder than traditional despotism would degrade men without tormenting them. it is absolute, detailed, regular, far seen and mild. it would resemble paternal power if like tatted for its object to prepare men for manhood, button contrary it seeks only to keep them fixed irrevocably in childhood. it rarely works for their happiness but wants to be the sole ash or the for their -- sole arbiter for that happiness. it provides for their security, foresees and secures their needs, facilitates their pleasures, conducts their principle affairs, directs their industry, reg

friends try to get them involved in a great picture. >> this is from steve smith. brooklyn and alexis, they are practicing the ho, ho, hos. tweet us the card and photos and e-mail them to us as well. a lot of the time people can photoshop and take a bunch of them and easy to put the card and you can do that. >>> and thanks again, guys. "fox and friends" starts now. >> gretchen: good morning everybody. today is thursday. i am gretchen carlson and thanks for sharing your time today. brand new information on the newtown killer's final days what was he plan where was his mom in the final days? >> steve: meanwhile the fiscal cliff is bigger, not only with your taxes go up. you might not get a tax refund check even if you are owed money. >> brian: lawmakers will not let that fiscal cliff get in the way of movie night. did the break, did they watch here comes on -- we are live in dc, "fox and friends" starts now. ♪ "fox and friends". >> gretchen: they had movie night? >> steve: yeah. on lincoln. >> brian: most overerated movie of the year. >> steve: not since mr. smith went to washington h

to thank my family, my wife, sheryl, ryan, alexis, austin, tanner, and dallen. they have been supportive, patient and long suffering in dealing with a schedule that is anything but family friendly. thank you. finally, i want to thank the good people of arizona who perhaps against their better judgment have sent me here six times to represent them. i will be forever grateful. so now i head through the rotunda and into the other chamber, the senate, better known to this body as enemy territory. i've used that phrase many times myself, for which i will have to now repent but at least my penance will be practiced during a six-year term. a few years ago, the -- a few weeks ago, the 12 newly elected senate freshmen were invited to the national archives. before our meal we were taken to the legislative vault where we viewed the original signed copy of the first bill enacted by congress as well as other landmark pieces of legislation and memorabilia. oaths of allegiance, signed by revolutionary war soldiers, witnessed by general washington. documents and artifacts related to the civil war, segre

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